History

Founded in 1694, Burlington County was part of the land settled by the original West Jersey Proprietors. The county's strategic location along the Delaware River and its position across the whole state of New Jersey, "from river to ocean," provided an early haven to diverse populations - Native American, Quaker, Methodist, indentured servant, freeman, farmer, and more.

Indexes to Historical Burlington County Newspapers

This index includes over 140,000 citations to birth and marriage announcements, death notices and obituaries from more than 40 Burlington County newspapers and publications. Also includes citations to WPA grave registration cards, cemetery transcriptions, funeral home records, and more.

This weekly community paper, begun in 1896, reports the news of Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, and other central Burlington County towns. The index includes citations from January 1980 to the present day.

The Mirror was published from 1818-1947 in Mount Holly, but included news from the entire county. Here is the full-text of selected articles (births, marriages, death notices, court cases, town news, surrogate cases) from the first issue to the last.

The Burlington County GenWeb project brings data and websites together into one page. A great introduction to Burlington County research and a wonderful refresher for those who are looking for new internet resources.

Digital collection of over 400 historic postcards - not only of Burlington County, but also of many Central and South Jersey locations. Highlights include Fort Dix, Mount Holly, Batsto, Trenton, Atlantic City, Camden, and New Egypt.

Focusing on Washington Township, Burlington County and South Jersey in general. A considerable amount of the information on this website concerning the working people of this 19th-century iron furnace and glass work is unavailable elsewhere.